Training courses

Design of sheet pile walls

Synopsis

This course provides a detailed examination of Eurocode 7's and Eurocode 3's requirements for the design of sheet pile walls.

Pre-requisites

The 'Design of ...' courses assume prior knowledge of Eurocode 7 (although essential aspects are reviewed). It is important that you have previously attended our Introduction course (or similar).

Dates in 2010 for one-day public courses

• Not currently scheduled for public delivery

Speakers

'Design of sheet pile walls' is presented by Dr Andrew Bond and/or Andrew Harris. Want to know what previous delegates thought about our courses? Click here.

How to book on a public course

Please contact Jenny Bond at Geocentrix to book a place on this course. Click here to download our brochure and booking form and credit card payment form.

In-house courses

This course is available for in-house delivery at your offices. Please contact Jenny Bond at Geocentrix for further details.

Course outline (one-day)

• Introduction
• Basis of geotechnical design
  • General rules and basis of design
  • Verification of strength
  • Verification of stability
  • Verification of serviceability
• Design of embedded walls
  • General rules
  • UK National practice
  • Limiting equilibrium methods
  • Soil-structure interaction analysis
  • Numerical methods
  • Case studies
• Workshop (anchored retaining wall)
• Design of steel sheet piles
  • Resistance standards
  • Design of steel structures
  • Design of steel piling
• Workshop (structural design of sheet pile section)
• Execution of sheet pile walls
  • European execution standards
  • Sheet pile walls
  • Ground anchors
  • ICE specification for piles and embedded retaining walls
  • Driveability of sheet piles

Feedback from past delegates

'An interesting and thoroughly relevant course that I shall be recommending ... without hesitation'

'Informative and thought provoking'

'Great workshops presented by well established individuals within the field'

'Excellent! Just what I was looking for'

'Excellent value for money'